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The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately no one knows what the question is. Thus, to calculate the Ultimate Question, a special computer the size of a small planet and built from organic components was created and named "Earth". This appeared first in the radio play and later in the novelization of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The fourth book in the series, the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, contains 42 chapters. According to the novel Mostly Harmless, 42 is the street address of Stavromula Beta. In 1994 Adams created the 42 Puzzle, a game based on the number 42.
The book 42: Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything[14] examines Adams' choice of the number 42 and also contains a compendium of some instances of the number in science, popular culture, and humour.

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And Kov - the 'question' as given in the books is "What do you get it you multiply six by nine"

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I am going home via london. This is odd.


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So has there been a massive earthquake and slough is on its side now ?


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And Kov - the 'question' as given in the books is "What do you get it you multiply six by nine"

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"That's it. That's all there is."

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With a flood of dark memes and viral horror stories, the internet is mapping the contours of modern fear


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So has there been a massive earthquake and slough is on its side now ?


It could only be an improvement.


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Had a brilliant day at work. AND got to go on the underground.

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From last week - a part of the "Awesome games done quick" thing from last week this is a 'standard' Super Mario World cart being forced via a number of different exploits to crash in such a controlled way that they can then start running their own code

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/01/h ... n-the-fly/

Watch the video for what happens and this page : http://tasvideos.org/3957S.html is an explanation of the glitches used and exactly how it all worked



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There are some very smart people out there - That's one of those things that I'm sure I'd never be able to figure out no matter how much time and training I'd had.


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There are some very smart people out there - That's one of those things that I'm sure I'd never be able to figure out no matter how much time and training I'd had.


I find it fascinating looking at how this stuff works and how these things are built upon each previous discovery - its like the video I posted last year about that Zelda speed run in about 17 minutes where they build upon glitches in different ways , often discovered and perfected by different people to do something extraordinary.

This one gets the cart so messed up that its reading raw data inputs from the controller ports and with multi-taps setup they are actually writing code for the menu and the basic snake / pong games directly - those are not 'hidden things' they are coded in real time.


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This one gets the cart so messed up that its reading raw data inputs from the controller ports and with multi-taps setup they are actually writing code for the menu and the basic snake / pong games directly - those are not 'hidden things' they are coded in real time.


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Fucking DVLA. Fucking direct.gov website. Fucking hipster addresses with full stops in.

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Fucking stupid 'government gateway ID'.

WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING A UNIQUE ID THAT NOBODY WILL EVER REMEMBER (because it's fucking numeric) AND INSTEAD HAVE TO RESET EVERY SINGLE TIME?!

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Give me a chance, I can't fix everything at the same time.

Government gateway is not long for this world, the replacement is coming "real soon now"

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Jesus, it's like living in the dark ages. I've spoken to three people about this now because the online thing can't find my address, and they can't confirm what the address is (even though when I say it to them for conformation they say "that's fine") because ZOMG DATA PROTECTION ACT. When I ask them which specific part of the data protection act they would be breaching by telling me what's written on my driving licence, they have no idea. When I ask them to release all the information they have about me as I am perfectly entitled to do in the hope that I will finally be able to find out my address, I - obviously - have to apply for that in writing.

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The DPA is one of the most misunderstood and misapplied pieces of legislation ever. I also think a lot of public authorities just hide behind it so they don't have to do more work. Can't be arsed to help someone who's called you? Claim DPA says no.

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Surely, misapplication of the DPA is in fact a breach of the DPA?


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That would be an ecumenical question.

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man shot for texting in the cinema. A bit over the top. Now, if he'd been talking...

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man shot for texting in the cinema. A bit over the top. Now, if he'd been talking...


"OMFG I BEEN SHOT LOL!!!"

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Speaking of unrelated tangents... I wonder what ever happened to Decca?


If you look at the flickr link in her .sig she has posted Xmas pics so she's still taking pictures - however she's not been on here in years.

I'm not sure if it co-incides with one of the regular 'everyone shout at everyone else and blame people then storm off' times or something else (April 2012)


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man shot for texting in the cinema. A bit over the top. Now, if he'd been talking...

I dunno, I'd say that was pretty proportional, maybe depending on the film.


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man shot for texting in the cinema. A bit over the top. Now, if he'd been talking...

I dunno, I'd say that was pretty proportional, maybe depending on the film.


Shot by an ex-cop, no less. Whilst I'm no fan of dicking about in cinemas, murdering someone in front of their wife for texting their three year old daughter seems a touch harsh.

Now if only there had been a good guy with a gun to stop him! Like an ex-cop or something!

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Speaking of unrelated tangents... I wonder what ever happened to Decca?


If you look at the flickr link in her .sig she has posted Xmas pics so she's still taking pictures - however she's not been on here in years.

I'm not sure if it co-incides with one of the regular 'everyone shout at everyone else and blame people then storm off' times or something else (April 2012)

I thought it happened after her kid stole our snooker balls.

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man shot for texting in the cinema. A bit over the top. Now, if he'd been talking...

I dunno, I'd say that was pretty proportional, maybe depending on the film.


Shot by an ex-cop, no less. Whilst I'm no fan of dicking about in cinemas, murdering someone in front of their wife for texting their three year old daughter seems a touch harsh.

Now if only there had been a good guy with a gun to stop him! Like an ex-cop or something!

As I put on Twitter, it won't be long before the NRA suggest that all cinema ushers are armed to protect people who are threatened with guns. It's the obvious solution.

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And then all cinema goers need to be provided with a complimentary firearm to protect themselves in case the ushers go postal. It's just logical.

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I was wondering... with THE COALITION going after our digital liberties like a dog with a bone, we may be heading for a future where our ("Linux Distro's" - Ed) will have to be legally obtained. Is there currently a source for legal DRM-free downloads of movies? Do iTunes movies have DRM for example?


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I was wondering... with THE COALITION going after our digital liberties like a dog with a bone, we may be heading for a future where our ("Linux Distro's" - Ed) will have to be legally obtained. Is there currently a source for legal DRM-free downloads of movies? Do iTunes movies have DRM for example?


Itunes have DRM and most of the streaming services have DRM associated with them although its relatively trivial to break

I dont think anywhere is doing DRM free stuff (yet)


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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
man shot for texting in the cinema. A bit over the top. Now, if he'd been talking...


From Sky's report on that story:

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Sheriff Nocco said: "Everybody is paranoid, scared, because a movie theatre should be a safe place where people should be able to go out and enjoy themselves.

"But what America has seen over the last couple of years is that movie theatres have become dangerous places where injuries occur."


Yes. Those goddamned dangerous cinemas. Something should be done about them.

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The only logical solution is to legally mandate that everyone have a gun in each hand all the time and constantly point them at the people standing nearest to you, thus transforming every-day life into one massive and continuous Mexican stand-off. Anything else is dangerous and mental and letting the terrorists win.


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Obviously that's not quite as safe as it could be, but we'll just need to put up with it until foot mounted guns reach the market.


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The only logical solution is to legally mandate that everyone have a gun in each hand all the time and constantly point them at the people standing nearest to you, thus transforming every-day life into one massive and continuous Mexican stand-off. Anything else is dangerous and mental and letting the terrorists win.


But what if the terrorists develop technology which allows them to have more than 2 hands ?

We must not lose in this arms race !


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The only logical solution is to legally mandate that everyone have a gun in each hand all the time and constantly point them at the people standing nearest to you, thus transforming every-day life into one massive and continuous Mexican stand-off. Anything else is dangerous and mental and letting the terrorists win.

Er, just remind me about the difference between a Mexican Standoff and a Mexican Wave, please.


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Do iTunes movies have DRM for example?

Movies no, but music is all DRM-free now. I'm not sure how much the film publishers lean on Apple to keep it that way. It may happen one day.

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Movies no, but music is all DRM-free now.

Movies yes, then.

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And then all cinema goers need to be provided with a complimentary firearm to protect themselves in case the ushers go postal. It's just logical.


Presumably with a slight discount if you buy the body armour combo.


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Do iTunes movies have DRM for example?

Movies no, but music is all DRM-free now.

Movies yes, then.

That's what I meant. My point was that the digital movie industry is about ten years behind music, so hopefully we can get there at some point soon.

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The only logical solution is to legally mandate that everyone have a gun in each hand all the time and constantly point them at the people standing nearest to you, thus transforming every-day life into one massive and continuous Mexican stand-off. Anything else is dangerous and mental and letting the terrorists win.

Er, just remind me about the difference between a Mexican Standoff and a Mexican Wave, please.


That's exactly the sort of question a terrorist would ask! *points guns*


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